Read the excerpt from Martine's personal narrative about receiving a birthday gift, I ripped carelessly through the wrapping paper to reveal a plain, brown box. My eyebrows raised in anticipation. What
could be inside? My fingers worked more slowly now, pulling back the tape that held the box shut. As soon as the flaps
sprung open, I peered inside. But inwardly shuddered when I discovered three pairs of bright neon-green socks. Oh
no, I thought. These look hideous, I would never wear something like these, but I also don't want to hurt my aunt's
feelings. What should I do? I furrowed my brow and bit my lip, uncertain what to do next.
The details in this excerpt show the narrator's
O passion and enthusiasm
O confusion and anxiety
excitement and joy
O fear and desperation,

confusion and anxiety

Explanation:

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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